The United Nations would do well to remember President Mubaraks words after that crazed Egyptian soldier slaughtered seven Israeli tourists in the Sinai: "[I]t is a limited incident that can happen anywhere. carried out by an insane man." It is especially unfortunate that the Bush administration feels compelled to support this forthcoming propaganda offensive. At a time when Iraq has threatened to gas half of Israel. when Mr. Mubarak is reported to have made an outrageous suggestion that Soviet Jewish emigration to Israel can lead to war. when the PLO threatens to escalate the uprising. and when an Arab summit meeting will take place next week with the radical and rejectionist rhetoric flying. the Bush administration does absolutely nothing. Actually. it does even worse than that. Instead of trying to stabilize the situation and to cool passions which could well lead to war. the administration essentially fuels the fire by taking gratuitous slaps at Israel and by working hand in glove with the PLO and other parties intent on exacerbating tensions.
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